E240: Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS) After Quitting Drinking: 8 Tips to Cope

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

Science, Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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You may have heard of Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS), a condition that can develop after you’ve quit drinking and includes lingering symptoms like mood swings, anxiety, brain fog, and fatigue. In this episode I will explain what PAWS is, why it develops, what factors influence the severity of PAWS, what you can expect, and I’ll give you 8 tips for coping with the symptoms. Get my notes for this episode and support the podcast: https://www.soberpowered.com/notes What to listen to next: E199: frustration tolerance E170: why the first year of sobriety is so hard (anhedonia) E201: your dysregulated stress response E157: brain fog and fatigue E224: alcohol makes your brain stop working E213: self-care is not turning off your brain with alcohol Sober Support: Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Anger Management Program https://www.soberpowered.com/anger Sober Powered Episode Notes https://www.soberpowered.com/notes Weekly emails on Fridays https://www.soberpowered.com/email Thank you for supporting this show by supporting my sponsors. Learn more: https://www.soberpowered.com/sponsors If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying me a coffee to support my work https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberpowered Sources are posted on my website Disclaimer: all of the information described in this podcast is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You may have heard of post-acute withdrawal syndrome,
0:03.5	also called pause, and this is a condition
0:06.5	that can develop after you've quit drinking,
0:09.4	and it includes symptoms that linger,
0:12.1	like mood swings, anxiety, brain fog. symptoms that
0:14.1	Linger, like mood swings anxiety, brain fog, and fatigue.
0:16.0	In this episode I will explain what pause is,
0:19.4	why it develops, what factors influence the severity of pause, what you can expect, and I'll give you
0:26.2	eight tips for coping with the symptoms.
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